LOCOMOTIVE 2
What now? Where to put the train? Anna went to see Sid Paratt of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, which owned the land at Dehy Park: "I've got a narrow gauge locomotive on my hands but I don't know where to put it." They decided where in the park the train should go; the railroad suplied a crew from over at Kearsarge station and another from Lone Pine. "I arranged to use the County's lowbed trailer and tractor to pull it. There was a winch with a lot of cable...I went to Jimmy Nick (Nikolaus) in Big Pine; he had a lowbed like the county's...so he loaned it to me."
Everything fell into place; Anna had all the people, machinery and good will she needed.
"We did it all in one day. That track was already in because Richard Torres and his crew had done that.
After the locomotive was in, Kelley (Anna's husband) brought the tow truck and hooked the cable on the the front of the engine and gently pulled it to the front where it belonged."
And there today sits old #18 on its narrow gauge tracks, for all who pass to see and admire - and wonder.
The Slim Princess lives again!
"Anna Kelley's story" from THE ALBUM Times & Tales of Inyo-Mono Vol. IV, No.4 pp. 22-23
Locomotive 3